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Aney Paul -A
Well Orchestrated Fraud Upon the Voters of Clarkstown - Part 1

Aney Paul is not an endorsed candidate of the Working
Families Party.She is, however,
the one of the orchestrators and the beneficiary of a scheme to hijack Row E,
and by extension, the name and reputation of the Working Families Party.

John Maloney & George Hoehmann were the endorsed
candidates of the Working Families Party.

The Working Families Party has a rigorous endorsement
process to ensure that candidates on our ballot line support our goals.Candidates are asked to complete a
thorough questionnaire to determine their position on our issues.After completing the questionnaire, candidates
are invited to an interview with a panel of Rockland County members.Only after satisfactorily completing
both steps are candidates recommended for endorsement.

John Maloney honored our process, and was resoundingly
endorsed.He earned his
endorsement not just for his stand on Working Families issues, but also because
of his decades of service to his community, his church, and through his long
career with Catholic Charities.

George Hoehmann honored our process and was also
resoundingly endorsed.He too
stands with us on our issues.In
his day job he is the CFO of Camp Venture, an organization that offers care and
services to children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Aney Paul, their opponent, never approached the Working
Families Party for consideration.Aney Paul has no record of public service to match those of Maloney or
Hoehmann.She has never worked
with us to achieve any of our goals.In short, she is an opportunist seeking to use the Working Families name
and reputation to further her political agenda.

SNEAK ATTACK!

On the last possible day to file, an Opportunity to Ballot
Petition for the Working Families Party for Clarkstown Town Council was
submitted to the Rockland County Board of Elections.For those unfamiliar with the subtleties of New York State
election law, and Opportunity to Ballot, or OTB, petition is a means by which
party members can call for a write-in primary in what might otherwise be an
uncontested party designation.The
process is intended to empower legitimate party members: it is not intended as
means by which one party’s candidate can steal the line of another party.

The three Working Families Party registrants listed on the
OTB petition as a committee to receive notices are family members of Thomas
Ninan, one of Paul’s backers.

40 NEW REGISTRANTS AT THE LAST MINUTE

In the last possible days to register to vote in the
primary, 40 new voters, some recent high school graduates and others recent
immigrants, were registered into the Working Families Party.It wasn’t that 40 people individually
registered by mail or walked into the Board of Elections to enroll.Rather, the registration cards were
dropped off in bulk.

These new registrants were for the most part sons and
daughters of Aney Paul’s political clique.

40 ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUESTS FILED AT THE LAST MINUTE.

Just before the deadline, 40 absentee ballot requests were
delivered to the Board of Elections.Not mailed.Dropped off in
bulk.Operatives of the Aney Paul
campaign then picked up the absentee ballots.

40 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HANDED IN JUST BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

On the Monday before the Primary Election 40 absentee
ballots were dropped off. In bulk.

NO VOTES FOR ANEY PAUL ON PRIMARY DAY

On September 15, the day of Primary Election, both John
Maloney & George Hoehmann received 20 and 21 votes respectively.Aney Paul received no votes on any of
the voting machines.Not a single
vote.

40 VOTES FOR BARACK OBAMA WHEN ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE OPENED
ONE WEEK LATER

Absentee ballots were opened one week later, on September 22nd.7 more votes came in each for John
Maloney & George Mahoney.All
of the absentee ballots returned by the last minute registrants recruited by
Aney Paul’s faction were marked for Aney Paul.The other name written in was Barack Obama.

THE FRAUDSTERS WIN

So at the end of the day, 40 young voters, mostly sons and
daughters of Aney Paul’s inner circle, who were registered into the Working
Families Party for the sole purpose of subverting our endorsement process,
stole the Working Families line from an honorable public servant and handed it
to a rank opportunist.

October 09, 2009

Clarkstown Town Council candidate Aney Paul has failed to
make all five campaign finance filings required by New York State Election Law.

There is a political committee listed with the New York State
Board of Elections - Friends of Aney Paul.Aney Paul is listed as the committee’s treasure.The committee address is Ms Paul’s home
address.

Candidate Paul was seen campaigning in June, handing out
literature and signs.

The mid-year
report due July 15, 2009 would have shown from whom she received funding and
how she spent it in furtherance of her campaign, including printing the
literature and printing the signs.Ms Paul did not file that report.

Paul was involved in 2 primary elections, one for the
Democratic Party line and as well asan opportunity to ballot ( a hijack attempt ) in the Working Families Party, organized by some of her
faction.Three campaign finance
reports are required for a primary election.The first due was the 32 day pre-primary report, due August
14th.This report would
have covered the period from July through mid-August.Candidate Paul held a fundraiser on August 6th,
2009.

The proceeds from this fundraiser should have reported on
the 32 day pre-primary report.Candidate Paul has not filed this report, now 6 weeks overdue.

The next report mandated by campaign finance regulations is
the 12 day pre-primary filing, which this year fell due on September 4th.Again candidate / treasurer Paul failed
to file this report.

September 24th was the filing date for the 10 day
post-primary report .Again Ms
Paul was delinquent.

The 32 day pre-general election report was due on October 2,
2009.No report has been filed as
of this writing.

Altogether, in the 4 months of her campaign, Ms Paul, acting
as treasurer of her own campaign committee, has neglected to file 5 separate campaign
finance statements.

Campaign finance regulations are put in place to ensure that
voters and residents can see what interests are financing political campaigns.There are any number of reasons why Aney Paul has ignored
the campaign finance requirements:ignorance, contempt, incompetence, disorganization or a desire to
conceal her funding sources.None
of the likely reasons are indicative of a trustworthy candidate or politicians.

September 02, 2009

John Maloney &
George Hoehmann are the endorsed candidates of the Working Families Party, but
their endorsements are being threatened by a pair of unscrupulous party
raiders.

The Working
Families Party has a rigorous endorsement process to ensure that candidates on
our ballot line support our goals.Candidates are asked to complete a thorough questionnaire to determine
their position on our issues.After completing the questionnaire, candidates are invited to an
interview with a panel of Rockland County members.Only after satisfactorily completing both steps are
candidates recommended for endorsement.

John Maloney
honored our process, and was resoundingly endorsed.He earned his endorsement not just for his stand on Working
Families issues, but also because of his decades of service to his community,
his church, and through his long career with Catholic Charities.

George Hoehmann
honored our process and was also resoundingly endorsed.He too stands with us on our
issues.In his day job he is the
CFO of Camp Venture, an organization that offers care and services to children
and adults with developmental disabilities.

Their opponent,
Aney Paul, has no comparable record of public service.

SNEAK ATTACK!

Ms Paul never
reached out to the Working Families Party.She never filled out a questionnaire, never came for an
interview:in short, she snubbed
our legitimate process.

So you can imagine
our surprise when the Board of elections notified us of Opportunity to Ballot
petitions filed for Clarkstown Town Council, which forces a write in primary
and jeopardizes John Maloney’s endorsement.

Make no
mistake.This is a blatant
takeover attempt orchestrated by people who have no connection to the Working
Families Party; who have no allegiance to the ideals and principles of the
party.Rather, they are rank
opportunists seeking to further their own political careers and agendas.

The prime
instigator in this hijack effort appears to be Thomas Ninan.The petition committee members are
overwhelmingly Ninan’s family members and friends.

We believe that
Ninan may have fraudulently enrolled 25 or so new registrants: some are recent
high school graduates and others are folks who just became United States
citizens, into the Working Families Party for the purpose of stealing the line
away from John Maloney. What a
sordid introduction to politics for these new voters.

WHO IS THIS
THOMAS NINAN?

Ninan is a
peripatetic and perennial candidate. Several years back Ninan ran for East
Ramapo School Board, and lost. He
tried to seize power at his CSEA local and failed. He tried to hijack the Indian Cultural Association and was
beaten back. Two years ago Ninan
decided to run for County Legislator so he carpet-bagged into Clarkstown to run
against Gerold Bierker. Once again
he lost.

WHY ARE THEY
DOING THIS?

So why is Ninan
helping Aney Paul steal the Working Families line?Some believe that since he can’t get elected on his own
merits, he is using her to gain political power, that he would be the power
behind the throne.Others say he
is using her to build his own political base for another run for county legislator.

Whatever their
reasons, Aney Paul’s & Thomas Ninan’s meddling in the affairs of another
political party are despicable and indefensible.

July 10, 2009

Posted by Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian July 08, 2009 20:07PM
Categories: Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Oregon politics, Voters
Gov. Ted Kulongoski has decided to sign an election-related bill that gives new powers to minor parties while also repealing a law that had made it harder for independents to run for office in Oregon.
The governor has decided to sign the bill despite the opposition of officials from his own Democratic Party, who think it gives minor parties too much sway. Anna Richter Taylor, the governor's spokeswoman, said Kulongoski was primarily interested in repealing the 2005 law, which he had signed with reservations at the time because he was concerned it was too onerous on non-affiliated candidates.
One could argue that Kulongoski benefitted politically from the 2005 law. Ben Westlund, then a state senator from Bend, ran in 2006 as an independent candidate for governor and it appeared that he was taking more votes from Kulongoski than the Republicans. However, Westlund, who is now a Democrat and the state treasurer, dropped his candidacy in late summer, in part because he had spent so much of his time and resources collecting signatures.
The measure now on the governor's desk, Senate Bill 326, also allows candidates to list the nomination of more than one political party on their ballot line. The process is known as fusion voting, and it gives minor parties a new tool to use to gain political power.
Instead of just running their own candidates, minor parties can now offer what amounts to an endorsement that will be the last thing voters will see before casting their vote.
The law that SB 326 repeals said that only voters who had not participated in the Democratic or Republcian primaries - or the nomination process of a minor party - can sign a petition to put an independent on the ballot.
While Democratic Party officials had encouraged Kulongoski not to sign the bill because of the fusion voting provision, the governor's deputy chief of staff - Tim Nesbitt, the former Oregon AFL-CIO president - had been a strong supporter of fusion voting. Nesbitt had helped form the Working Families Party, which was created largely with fusion voting in mind. Founders said they hoped the new party would help push Democratic voters toward more liberal stands on issues such as health care and the minimum wage.

July 09, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI's commitment to the cause of working people worldwide shines today. In the new encyclical, Caritas in Veritate or Charity in Truth, Pope Benedict XVI offers an ethical critique of the global economic crisis and proposes concrete elements for policies anchored in moral values that enhance the dignity of all, especially the poor and working people. The encyclical levels a strong critique at the forces of unfettered free-market capitalism and globalized greed.

Particularly, the new encyclical offers a much-needed reminder that to create an economy that works for everyone it is critical to protect workers' fundamental right to join together as a union and bargain for a better future. As the Pope makes clear, it is not only working people, but also entire communities - - nations even - - that stand to benefit when workers exercise this right. In the document, the Pope reaffirms the Church's longstanding position that labor unions play a vital role in efforts to build a more just economy—one in which even the most marginalized workers are guaranteed basic dignity and respect.

As the gap between the wealthy and the poor continues to widen, and workers around the world are denied the dignity and freedom they deserve, the union movement stands with the Catholic Church in its call for a global economy that works for working people. Now, more than ever, we must rally to protect the rights of workers—at home and worldwide—to come together in unions and build a better future for us all.

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March 24, 2009

With Wall Street bonus scandals dominating the headlines, America's well to do are suffering from sinking approval ratings of their own. But perhaps some of that anger is misplaced.

In the debate over whether to raise taxes on the rich to help balance the budget, one simple question has often gotten lost: would New York's wealthy actually mind a slight income tax increase if it meant saving cuts to classrooms, hospitals, and homeless shelters?

The answer: maybe not. As the Albany Times Union reports, more than 80 wealthy New Yorkers called for a modest increase in their own taxes in an open letter released yesterday at the Capitol:

"I've been pretty lucky, and I've always felt that a disproportionate share of the tax burden falls on lower-income people," said Chet Opalka of Averill Park, who put his name on the letter.

The well-known philanthropist and founder of Albany Molecular Research said that government tends to "cut in all the wrong places" - from the arts to education - and that he's equally committed to tightening up government spending.

Even so, Opalka said, "In these times, it's important for the haves to take care of the have-nots."

Yesterday's press conference comes on the heels of a New York Times' report last week that found little to no evidence that modest tax increases on the wealthy cause them to pick up and leave:

…there is surprisingly little evidence to support the proposition that rich New Yorkers would bolt if forced to pay higher income taxes. Though tracking the movement of wealthy taxpayers from state to state is difficult, experts on public finance and migration say they have yet to document a substantial "rich drain" in states that have raised income taxes in recent years.

"At the level we're talking about, there's no quantitative evidence that it affects the mobility decisions of affluent taxpayers," said Douglas S. Massey, a demographer at Princeton University and president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

It could be the cost of hiring movers. But maybe it's because some rich people don't mind paying their fair share after all.

March 13, 2009

Speak out against the Governor’s budget cuts and stand up
for a better solution!

Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:00 p.m.

Steps of the County
Office Building,
11 New Hempstead Rd, New City

Devastating cuts threaten our communities, our jobs, our
neighbors and our families. Speak out for a fair solution! There is a better
way.

Join us at the Rockland
County Office
Building in New
City on Thursday to urge Governor Paterson to meet New York's budget
shortfall by raising state income taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers instead
of slashing health care, education and other vital services.